I've been the captain during the fire drill too. Its a contrived affair, sitting in a room being told by an SEP instructor when to give you your instructions to make the drill realistic for you. Neither the scenario nor the time frame are realistic and that exercise bears about as much relation to his command competence as his karaoke skills do! Remember we only know what the communicator tells us! Still I am glad that you have dared to put your head above the parapet and question some of the hot air that is bellowing out from BASSA HQ at the moment. I bet nobodys doing that on the BASSA forum!!!!!